States (click on the name of a state to see information specific to that location) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Territory (Formed 30 MAR 1822) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois Territory (Formed 01 MAR 1809) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana Territory (Formed 04 JUL 1800) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana District (Formed 01 OCT 1804) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Territory (Formed 04 JUL 1805) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan Territory (Formed 30 JUN 1805) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri Territory (Formed 04 JUN 1812) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Orleans Territory (Formed 01 OCT 1804) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Territory Northwest of the River Ohio (Formed 13 JUL 1787) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background (general information on the country to put it in the context of history) |
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
Census (click on a year below to view information on the population of the country) |
Date | Population | Change |
1610 | 210* | --- |
1620 | 2,499* | --- |
1630 | 5,700* | --- |
1640 | 27,947* | --- |
1650 | 51,700* | --- |
1660 | 84,800* | --- |
1670 | 114,500* | --- |
1680 | 155,600* | --- |
1690 | 213,500* | --- |
1700 | 275,000* | --- |
1710 | 357,500* | --- |
1720 | 474,388* | --- |
1730 | 654,950* | --- |
1740 | 889,000* | --- |
1750 | 1,207,000* | --- |
1760 | 1,610,000* | --- |
1770 | 2,205,000* | --- |
1780 | 2,781,000* | --- |
1790 | 3,929,214 | --- |
1800 | 5,308,483 | +35.1% |
1810 | 7,239,881 | +36.4% |
1820 | 9,638,453 | +33.1% |
1830 | 12,866,020 | +33.5% |
1840 | 17,069,453 | +32.7% |
1850 | 23,191,876* | +35.9% |
1860 | 31,443,321 | +35.6% |
1870 | 39,818,449** | +26.6% |
1880 | 50,189,209 | +26.0% |
1890 | 62,979,766 | +25.5% |
1900 | 76,212,168 | +21.0% |
1910 | 92,228,496 | +21.0% |
1920 | 106,021,537 | +15.0% |
1930 | 123,202,624 | +16.2% |
1940 | 132,164,569 | +7.3% |
1950 | 151,325,798 | +14.5% |
1960 | 179,323,175 | +18.5% |
1970 | 203,302,031 | +13.4% |
1980 | 226,542,199 | +11.4% |
1990 | 248,718,302 | +9.8% |
2000 | 281,424,603 | +13.1% |
2010 | 308,745,538 | +9.7% |
Maps (click on title below to see a contemporary map of the Territory) |
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